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---1827684752-1521876445-1408986754=:27167 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was out in the meadow and kept hearing a relatively loud, buzzy screechin= g call; two voices calling or a repeated call from one, I couldn't decide. = =A0I didn't recognize it as any bird I knew. =A0Going towards the sound, I = found it originating in a pine growing up along the edge of the pasture. = =A0Wondering why the bird or birds didn't fly. =A0Bending close, spied a ne= st of dried grass, and two wee birds inside. =A0They became very excited an= d started begging for food. =A0=0A=0AI became alarmed at the lack of parent= s. =A0I listened to the demanding calls for a few hours, and then thinking = the nest abandoned I went back and gave them some bugs, ant eggs, and tent = caterpillars. =A0The third time I went back, I saw an adult song sparrow, o= n a branch close by, calling. =A0The birds were not in the nest. =A0Clearly= it was time to leave, and they were being "starved out" by the parents to = force them to abandon the nest. =A0Then there was audible communication bet= ween babies and adult(s), and soon, all was quiet, except the adults commun= icating. =A0No doubt the babies were tucked in a little hiding place. =A0Th= e area is thick with young pine growth, spreading junipers, and other brush= .=0A=0AToo bad I didn't have the camera handy the whole time, there were so= me great shots of their wide open mouths! =A0I had to reach into the branch= es for these shots, and the babies were moving a lot, so the quality is not= great.=0A=0AIs this the normal second or even third nesting of the song sp= arrow? =A0I know they are keen nesters. =A0But it does seem very late. =A0I= s it due to the summer hurricane I wonder?=0A=0Ahttps://www.facebook.com/35= 5814197813058/photos/pcb.751671481560659/751671354894005/?type=3D1&theater= =0A=0A=0Ahttps://www.facebook.com/355814197813058/photos/pcb.75167148156065= 9/751671141560693/?type=3D1&theater=0A=0A=0ACarmel Smith=0AMidville (near B= ridgewater, L'burg County)=0A ---1827684752-1521876445-1408986754=:27167 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ve= rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div class=3D"" style=3D"">I w= as out in the meadow and kept hearing a relatively loud, buzzy screeching c= all; two voices calling or a repeated call from one, I couldn't decide. &nb= sp;I didn't recognize it as any bird I knew. Going towards the sound,= I found it originating in a pine growing up along the edge of the pasture.= Wondering why the bird or birds didn't fly. Bending close, spi= ed a nest of dried grass, and two wee birds inside. They became very = excited and started begging for food. </div><div class=3D"" style=3D"= "><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D""><br class=3D"" style=3D""></s= pan></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: = verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: trans= parent;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D"">I became al= armed at the lack of parents. I listened to the demanding calls for a few hours, and t= hen thinking the nest abandoned I went back and gave them some bugs, ant eg= gs, and tent caterpillars. The third time I went back, I saw an adult= song sparrow, on a branch close by, calling. The birds were not in t= he nest. Clearly it was time to leave, and they were being "starved o= ut" by the parents to force them to abandon the nest. Then there was = audible communication between babies and adult(s), and soon, all was quiet,= except the adults communicating. No doubt the babies were tucked in = a little hiding place. The area is thick with young pine growth, spre= ading junipers, and other brush.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0,= 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-sty= le: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-= size: 10pt;" class=3D""><br class=3D"" style=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helve= tica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class= =3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D"">Too bad I didn't have the= camera handy the whole time, there were some great shots of their wide ope= n mouths! I had to reach into the branches for these shots, and the b= abies were moving a lot, so the quality is not great.</span></div><div styl= e=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, helvetica,= sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=3D""= ><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D""><br></span></div><div style=3D= "color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, san= s-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=3D""><sp= an style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D"">Is this the normal second or even = third nesting of the song sparrow? I know they are keen nesters. &nbs= p;But it does seem very late. Is it due to the summer hurricane I wonder?</span></= div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdan= a, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent= ;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;" class=3D""><br class=3D"" st= yle=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"background-color: transparent;" class= =3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"">https://www.facebook.com/355814197813058/= photos/pcb.751671481560659/751671354894005/?type=3D1&theater<br class= =3D"" style=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:= 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; bac= kground-color: transparent;" class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D""><br cla= ss=3D"" style=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"background-color: transparent= ;" class=3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D"">https://www.facebook.com/35581419= 7813058/photos/pcb.751671481560659/751671141560693/?type=3D1&theater<br= class=3D"" style=3D""></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helve= tica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class= =3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D""><br></span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb= (0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; fo= nt-style: normal; background-color: transparent;" class=3D""><span class=3D= "" style=3D"">Carmel Smith</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); f= ont-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: no= rmal; background-color: transparent;" class=3D"">Midville (near Bridgewater= , L'burg County)</div><div style=3D"background-color: transparent;" class= =3D""><span class=3D"" style=3D""><br class=3D"" style=3D""></span></div></= div></body></html> ---1827684752-1521876445-1408986754=:27167--
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